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Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardebili (, 28 January 1926 – 23 November 2016) was an Iranian

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politician and

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marja.

Political career

Ardebili was a supporter of Ayatollah

Ruhollah Khomeini Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (17 May 1900 or 24 September 19023 June 1989) was an Iranian revolutionary, politician, political theorist, and religious leader. He was the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the main leader of the Iranian ...

and was a friend of his. He made speeches in support of Khomeini in the 1970s. After the

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, he became a founding member of the Islamic Republican Party that was founded in 1979. Khomeini appointed him as chief of justice in 1981 after the impeachment of President

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. As chief justice, he served as a member of the temporary council of the Presidency, along with the

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and

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, carrying out the duties of the president for up to two months.

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